school, what a career in law should be or how they should think about the future of law and what the opportunities are. >> well, it's an obvious answer, but one that a lot of people don't think. the first thing you have to do is ask yourself why you want to go to law school. i think there are a lot of people who go to law school because they are not good at math, and they can't think of anything else to do. [laughter] and they often turn out to be very disappointed lawyers. i suppose the better way to put the question is not so much why you want to go to law school, but why do you want to be a lawyer. you ought to do serious soul searching about that because it's a difficult profession, but, particularly, these days. if you want to go to serve your community, perhaps as a prosecutor, for example, that's a good reason. there's something very gratifying about being able to stand up in court and say that you speak for your country. same is true on the other side. maybe you feel motivated to represent the rights of those people who are accused. that's another good reason. you know, when